The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-03-03
alarm was manifested when the shock
came. At Turin the churches suffered
severely. In the neighborhood of Dor
digero many houses fell, killing the in
mates.
Mans Power Over Wild Animals.

Those who have carefully observed the
management of wild animals in mena-
geries, geological ,gardens, and in the
pens of the animal dealers, must, at
times, have been astonished al the ease
with which hired men, comparatively
unarmed, subdue beasts which we have
been taught yield only to the blazing rifle,
and fight gamely until death. A lion
escapes from his cage, and crouches at
the darkened end of the menagerie.
Remembering the stories We have read OF
the ferocity of this beast and of the terri
bic scenes Of the lion hunt, we can imag.
inc only one mode of action. The
keepers should arm themselves with rifles'
hide behind barriers, and open rapid
FIRE upon him. To our..Isurprise they
don't do this. They simply wheel a
great cage up to him, fall upon him with
clubs, and thrash away until he eutess
it.
Some time ago, an anaconda, seventeen
feet long, broke away while being carried
across public park in New York City.
With vivid pictures Of the exploits Of
this reptile in the Amazor watershed
before our eyes, we expect to see him fall
upon the nearest human being, infold
him in his tolls, and crush him to jelly.
Surely it will take armed and resolute
men to capture him +! No; on the contra
ry, this is not required; and it must have
been with feeling akin to disappoint.
ment that those who had read of the
ferocity of tho anaconda saw one man,
armed only with blanket, advance and
seize him by the throat, while two Others,
also unarmed, grasp his tail, and then
the trio, still hold on, carry him through
the streets and thrust him back into the
den whence he had been taken.
Not long since, the writer saw Mr..
Thomson, dealer in live animals, open
box containing an anaconda, quite as
long as this one, take the reptile by the
throat, and calmly examine his mouth,
opened though it was in rage, to look for
cancerous humors. Then from adjoining
shelves be took python after python,
each about ten feet long, and examined
them in like manner. Last week, at the
place of another dealer (Reiche), big,
powerful Syrian bear, type known for
its ferocity, was subdued without the
firing of shot. The bear broke through
iron bars half an inch thick, and, stand
ing up with his back against cage Of
monkeys, thrust his terrible paws threat
eningly toward three keepers gathered
about him. He didn't have chance to
use them, however, for be was belabored
with clubs until glad to get back again
into his cage. On pedestal hear the
gate of the Cincinnati Geological Gar.
dens, there recently stood the stuffed
fubre of donkey which, when alive
withstood the attack Of lion and beat
him off. The lion, it seems, had broken
out of his cage and escaped to q wood
near by. On grassy hillock adjoining
donkey lay stretched in placid slumbel
"a slumber that was zudely disturbed by
the lion, who, in few bounds, was upon
him. When the donkey felt the great
mass of flesh descend upon him asif from
the clouds, he was stunned and indignant
but not frightened, perhaps because ht
had never read any of the wonderful
stories about the lion. He quickly
recovered from the blow, and rising, sho
out both hind feet at the same time, ane
caught the lion squarely in the forehead
Badly hurt, the lion skulked of, ant
later the donkey died of the wound HI
received at the onset.--.Scientyic Ameri